Police in Bauchi State have arrested three suspects for alleged criminal conspiracy, threat to life, criminal intimidation and attempted kidnapping.
SP Ahmed Wakil, Spokesperson of the Command, said this in a statement on Sunday in Bauchi.
In his words, “On the 7th day of March 2024 at about 1400hrs, one Yahaya Adamu, of Badakoshi village Bauchi LGA, complained to the Anti-Kidnapping Unit (AKU) domiciled in Criminal Investigation Department of the Command.
According to the spokesperson, Wakil, the complainant said that on March 4, at about 2030 hrs, an unknown individual called him on the phone and introduced himself to him. The caller further threatened him to produce the sum of N5 million.
The caller threatened to mobilise his gang to kidnap either him (Yahaya) in particular, or his family members.
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A few days later, the suspected kidnappers sent him their account details, using a Point of Sale (POS) business account to deposit the requested amount, Wakil disclosed.
” The suspected kidnappers emphasised that they knew all his assets and family members and to prove it, they started mentioning their names one after the other, further threatening that if the complainant resists to deposit the demanded amount, he would be at risk.”
According to him, on receiving this information, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Auwal Musa, directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to discreetly investigate the circumstances surrounding the report.
The investigation was conducted, using modern technology which resulted in the arrest of the suspects, Haro Adamu, 35; Aliyu Saidu, 40 and Musa Umaru, 35, of Birnin Kudu town in Jigawa.
According to the spokeswoman, Wakil, the suspects were differently arrested in Birnin Kudu town in Jigawa State and Kaltunga via Plateau State.
Wakil revealed that an interrogation was conducted with the suspects, who voluntarily confessed to the alleged criminal act.
He further added that they would be charged to court for prosecution.
